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Sativa vs. Indica: What is the Difference and Which is Right for Me?

Leafwell

Indicas and sativas are different types of cannabis plants. Hybrids are plants which are a combination of indicas and sativas. What is Hemp? What is Hemp? Check out “What is Cannabis? What is Medical Marijuana?

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What are cannabis landrace strains?

The Cannigma

These “strain hunters,” as they are now commonly referred to, brought landrace indicas back from places like the Himalayas and Kush mountains. These landrace strains were then bred together to create hybrid strains – which combined these different varieties to amplify desirable features like high THC levels and shorter growth cycles.

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Sativa vs. Indica: How They’re the Same (and How They’re Different)

Leafwell

Indicas and Sativas are different types of cannabis plants. Hybrids are plants which are a combination of indicas and Sativas. French biologist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck named the varieties found in India Cannabis indica. Swedish botanist Carl Linneaus coined the hemp varieties he found Cannabis Sativa.

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Scientists say they can spot high-CBD strains just from their leaves

The Cannigma

The researchers found that high-CBD strains are generally a much lighter shade of green and have narrower leaflets than their high-THC or hybrid counterparts. Instead, sativa strains are generally understood to have tall and narrow leaflets whereas indica strains have much wider leaves.

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Cannabis Sativa Vs. Cannabis Indica

Medical Cannabis Seedbank

When we do research into cannabis, we find that the topic of Sativa vs. Indica to either be misunderstood or the information we find to be very vague. We commonly know this plant as “hemp” and we will refer to it as hemp from this point on. The next species of cannabis we will look at is Cannabis Indica.

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Wild cannabis: what is ditch weed and can you use it?

The Cannigma

Cannabis is wind pollinated so it doesn’t take much for male plants to pollinate local wild cannabis, creating a hybrid of the wild and domesticated cannabis. Most of the ditch weed in the US is remnants of a time when hemp cultivation was not only legal, but an important piece of the United State’s manufacturing.

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How Science is Changing the Way the Industry Categorizes Cannabis Products

Veriheal

“Do you want an indica or a sativa?” is a common first question being asked by those who are dispensing cannabis along with the question “Is this an indica or a sativa ?” Because c annabis strains have been crossbred so much, pure indica and sativa strains don’t exist. from cannabis consumers.

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